PIRATES & MERMAIDS

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Mermaids - have appeared in folklore of many cultures.  Being legendary aquatic creatures - that have been said to cause shipwrecks, can foretell and/or provoke disasters, I think pirates are in love with them; at least,  I think Captain Jack Sparrow is quite smitten here in my journal!!!!  Without a doubt, they are just fascinating to think about and I just love any mermaid images.  So this digital image from Ching-Chou Kuik called "Flow Followers" is just another one of my faves and a delight to color!!

I just had to make a page for her in my Art Journal book along with Captain Sparrow!!  So much fun to create.  My details are below.

I am entering this into the Facebook Challenge for Ching-Chou Kuik on Mermaids for the month of May!!

Thanks so much for coming by and I hope to see you soon for my next post.  I was hoping I would have time to use this image to make a card - but time just might flow on by before I get a chance;)  Till next time, Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Art Journal Page Recipe:
Digital image colored with copic markers and shaded with pencils
Glossy accents in her eyes and on the sea turtles shells; stardust used for the water bubbles and outline of my page edge.
Background created with gesso, distress paints - Broken Chins and Bundles Sage
Gel Medium to seal it all
Words computer generated, fussy cut and applied with gel medium and shaded edges with same inks
Shading around Captain Sparrow and the Mermaids with Pitt Pens
White gel pen for hi-lights
Stamps in the background all stamped with Archival Black Ink Pad - Star of India ship, heart bubbles and regular bubbles and a kissing fish
Stencil in background from Tim Holtz "coffee splatters" and I used my textured paste on this.
Black Soot edging around the pages and then added the stardust.  I have to have sparkle on my pages somewhere!! :)

A CAT WALK THRU THE FOREST

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I am not in my comfort zone with animals.  I love coloring all those beautiful girlie girls with flowing hair and big eyes!  That is my comfort zone.  But now and then you have to push yourself, so I did and I must say I was pleasantly surprised.  This is a digital image from Ching-Chou Kuik.  Perhaps the reason I am happy with the turn out is because I modeled the image of the cat after my cat Sam! He is a ginger/white cat with a loving personality.  Being an indoor cat - he would love to be this cat "walking on the wild side"!!!  So here is my card and thanks for stopping by, till next time, Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Card Recipe:
Image colored with Copic Markers:  E000 E00 E11 E01 E93   Cat & Girl's hair YR21 YR23 YR27 E01 C00  Cat & Girl Eyes YR01 YG21 YG25 YR27 YG13 YG07  Cape B45 B26
Colored pencils for shading
Papers - Maja Design/Walking in the Forest
Glossy accents for the Cat's eye  Star dust for the dress and necklace
MS Punch for the branch and colored with distress inks
Ribbon from stash and I used distress inks to shade the edges of the papers and the card base

Challenges:
613 Avenue Create Challenge #175 - Anything Goes
CCK 2016 May Challenge - Cats or Dogs  GDT
Paper Play Sketches Challenge #007                  This is the Paper Play Sketch:

ONE MOMENT IN TIME

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The "moment" I saw this challenge at More Than Words, I just knew what I was going to create.  I played the song One Moment In Time, sung by Whitney Houston and watched the music video for the 1984 Olympics - I always cry with that video and music playing - then it was off to the drawing table and here is my finished mixed media art journal pages for this challenge:
More Than Words Challenge - Use the word "Moment" and the creative challenge of using a clock in your design.   This is their board:

And this is my Art Journal Page:

I wanted the computer generated text to seem to float on my pages.
Clock and Wings were fussy cut and painted with distress inks.
The stamps used are from Graphic 45 - Steampunk - for the Wings;
Finnabair - Never Too Late cling stamps and Script cling stamp from Finnabair
Digital image is from Ching-Chou Kuik  - I love her images.  This one is "Time Flies".
I colored it with Copic Markers.  Glitter added to her clock and glitter added to the wings on the other side of the journal page.  I have to have some glitter on my pages:)
The background pages I started with a collage of cut out pieces from Webster's Pages and gessoed over that before adding all my paint mediums.
Distress Paints - Worn Lipstick, Broken China
Distress Ink Aged Mahogany for edging along with Distress Ink Black Soot
Gelatos added for some brightness
Gesso watered down for splatters
Liquid pearls in the digital image hair and here and there
White gel pen for highlights
Shadowing added with Distress Crayons - Mermaid Lagoon and Rasberry.

FAIRY ENCHANTING

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This will be fast and short tonight.  This is a digital image from Crafts and Me and I love this fairy.  She looks like she is really lost in thought over the book she is reading!  Think it is about magic?? I love to read and get lost in books too!  Enjoy your day, read a good book and have fun getting loss in your thoughts!  All good ones for sure!  Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Crafts and Me Challenge - Fairies and Magic

Card Recipe
Image colored with Copic markers
E0000 E000 E00 E01 E11
Y04 Y08 Y19
RV000 RV00 RV52 RV63
B00 B01  Y00 Y02 Y11  YR02 YR68 YG24 YG25 G29
Papers used - DIY/Simple Stories
Scrap of doily and sticker from my stash, fairy wand, small beads, and sparkle lace sent to me a long time ago from my friend, Carolyn (Carolyn - I am still going thru that beautiful box you sent me with all the goodies xx)

BUTTERFLY WISHES FOR A H.B.

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Have you ever completed your card, taken your pictures, did all your editing, upload your photo and you're all ready to blog - but wait, you realize you meant to do this or that to your card?  Well that is what happened to me tonight! But now I ran out of my "free" time!  So here is my card - as is - still rather pretty, only I know what I am missing but sometimes you just have to be less critical of your own art work!!  LOL  Hope you are having a wonderful day, not missing anything! Thanks so much for coming by, till next time, Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Card Recipe

Image is from Ching-Chou Kuik - Blue Sea Illusion

Copic Markers:

Skin  E000 E00 E01 E11

Hair & Eyes RV000 RV00 RV66 VO4

Butterflies Y04 Y06 Y08 BV000 BV11

BV08 V04 V08 G43 G4

Image is cut out with Fawn Lawn Small Stitched Rectangle

Base card is white - shaded with distress ink.  

DP KaiserCraft/Botanical Odyssey.  

Gesso added with a Prima stencil.  

Kraft paper used for Spellbinder die cut label shaded with distress ink. Kraft paper doily.  

Stardust and liquid pearls here and there.  

Sentiment has been black embossed.  Added the little word "August" with a tiny clothes pin that says "Love You".  This is a card for my daughter and yes her birthday is during the month of August:)

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:

CCK Challenge for Month of April - Use Kraft Card

Paper Play Sketches Challenge #6 

ESCAPE FROM REALITY VIA ART JOURNAL PAGES!

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I am so excited to have finished my first Art Journal pages!  I have been pouring over the Art Journal YouTubes and have been so inspired and wanted to give it a try.  I decided to make a journal for myself of the things I like to color so butterflies came first for me!  Next I would love to devote a page or two to fairies!!  Maybe, angels, some flowers,  oh this is going to be addictive!!;)  

I have a big thank you going out toVicky Papaioannou!!  A link to her youtube page is here, if you wish to check out her videos on art journaling etc. - so inspirational and I was hooked and fascinated from day one with all she creates.

Now I have to learn what the technique is to take a good picture of your art journal book when it is not a card that stands in a little easel!!  LOL  So I hope you like this - something very different for me and I like the freedom I feel when I am just going with the flow!  Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you get a chance to just play and go with the flow too!  Till next time, Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

I wanted to create pages where the butterfly wings would be dimensional - thus adding three in the center of the book fold and when you open it the butterflies just pop out at you!!

Image and text is from Finnabair - "Don't Forget To Fly", my "Escape from Reality" stamp is from my stash. Stencil is from Prima. I used Gelatos on the pages for background, splashes of white gesso, distress crayons for shading of some butterflies.  I drew a border around the pages with a Pitt Black Pen and the butterflies were colored with Brushos, stardust,  and fussy cut.

I would like to enter these art journal pages for the following Mixed Media Challenges:

Month of April Creative Artiste Challenge #13 - use chipboard, stencil, or flowers - my background is the stencil I used to remove some of my Gelatos.

Month of April Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #23 "Dimension" 

Month of April More Than Words Challenge - Word "Escape" & Mood Photo

LET THE SUNSHINE IN

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Oh, yes - plenty of sunshine gets the smiles going around here!  Love the feel of the warm sun on my skin - but not quite like this image shows as it is still too cold here even with the sun;)  This is a center step card that I made for two challenges - One is Anything Goes and the other is for a Mixed Media Card. 

I am starting to enjoy the mixed media concept more each time I try it.  It is a little out of my comfort zone but it is fun to be challenged;)   Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have some sunshine coming your way too!!  Till next time, Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Card Recipe:

Image, Sun and sentiment is a Cling Stamp "Sunshine" by Julie Nutting

Colored the image with Copic Markers as follows:

Skin  E000 E00 E11 E01

Hair E23 E25 E29

Outfit  B00 B14 B16 B01  Y21 Y23 Y35 YR07 YR09 YR27

Sun Y04 Y06 Y08 and lots of stardust

Brick background I made with a Tim Holtz stencil using Distress Paint - Fired Brick and some gesso here and there.  More Distress Inks - Black Soot around the card brick background, and Broken China around the image and the sentiment.  Image mounted with 3D foam and the sun too!  DP is Graphic 45 - French Country Collection

I would like to enter this card for:
Crafting With Friends Challenge #18 Anything Goes

Mixed Media Card Challenge #22 - Sunshine optional element is Bricks -